Mitsukoshi

so my number four is it's probably the only one on my list where you really can't buy anything that's disney and I'm sure there's one or two things.

It's Disney and it's the Mitsukoshi place in Japan there, that department store.

I'm going to guess there's probably something in there, but not really anything I've seen because they have a lot of things that are very specifically Japanese, you know, Japanese clothing.

I mean, You and I enjoyed walking around back there.

So let's just roll with it.

No, go for it.

Now, for me, what I would say is this, that when you think about Mitsukoshi and the fact that it's not owned by Disney, in many ways, that's kind of good because you will find things there that you're not going to find anywhere else on property.

Anywhere.

And I think I was in, I'll get this wrong.

Is it Mitsukoshi is the department store? And yes, it is.

Yeah, because they have the Mitsukoshi dial speed masters.

You're the white dial speed masters back then.

Yeah, so I walk into this area where they were selling watches, and again, the dollar or the euro had gone pretty strong against the yen.

And this friend of mine, his wife or a good friend of theirs worked for Mitsukoshi, so she actually got a discount.

And...

they had the Longines Legend Diver without a date.

That suits me just fine.

Also, Tim, I think you have some of the best snacks in the back of your Japan pavilion because that Japan, the Mitsukoshi has got some great snackage in that building, too.

So, man, just the one I honestly think that like Japan alone could be a good a good standalone country.

If you were stuck to one country, I feel like you included it.

I don't think it's a far walk, so I'll probably stick to walking.

But I do have access to the friendship boats.

In terms of entertainment, we talked about the games and toys available at Mitsukoshi.

There's the drummers in Japan.

Their tables still carried fresh fish from reputable merchants, seasonal vegetables delivered from rural estates, and sake of real quality.

Their wives wore kimono of fine silk for formal occasions and tailored Western dresses for afternoons at department stores like Mitsukoshi, which in the mid-'30s was still selling imported perfumes and French-style pastries at its basement food hall, a detail that would have baffled anyone reading the newspapers, which spoke of national austerity as though it were already universal.

It was not.

Not yet.